Academic Calender

New Zealand Certificate in English Language (Academic) Level 4

Overview

This qualification is intended for learners of English as an additional language, attending NZQA approved programmes delivered in Aotearoa New Zealand or off-shore.

Aim

This qualification is intended for learners of English as an additional language, attending NZQA approved programmes delivered in Aotearoa New Zealand or off-shore. This qualification allows Aotearoa New Zealand community, employers and educational institutions to recognise the level at which the graduate can use English for general, workplace or academic purposes. For NITT, the qualifier is Academic.

Duration

New Zealand Certificate in English Language (Academic) Level 4

Summary

Graduates will have the language skills required to communicate independently and effectively in familiar and some less familiar situations with fluency and flexibility in everyday/social/community, workplace and/or academic English language contexts. This qualification is at a level comparable to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) B2.

The programme has been structured to include twelve papers, all of which must be undertaken to gain the qualification. All papers are of equal value and each has a five credit value. Please refer to the attached NITT NZCEL level 3 programme document.

Graduates will have the language skills required to communicate independently and effectively in familiar and some less familiar situations with fluency and flexibility in every day/social/community, workplace and/or academic English language contexts. This qualification is at a level comparable to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) B2.

Level 4: Graduates of this qualification will have the English language skills to:

Graduates can pursue most vocational and undergraduate programmes/courses and specialised fields of study requiring lower and/or New Zealand Qualifications Framework level 5-7, for entrance, depending on the focus of the programme leading to this qualification.

New Zealand Certificate in English Language, Level 4 (Academic )

Grouping

Unit Std No.

Unit Standard Title

level

Credits

TOPIC 1

LISTEN

22892

Demonstrate understanding of spoken texts and process information in English for academic purposes (mandatory for academic clarifier)

5

SPEAK

22891

Deliver an oral presentation in English for an academic purpose (mandatory for academic clarifier)

5

READ

22751

Read and process information in English for academic Purposes (mandatory for academic clarifier)

5

WRITE

22750

Write a crafted text using researched material in English for an academic purpose (mandatory for academic clarifier)

5

Assessment completion of all four above standards

TOPIC 2

LISTEN

28053

Demonstrate understanding of complex spoken texts (EL) (AME)

5

SPEAK

28065

Participate in a discussion (EL) (AME)

5

READ

28060

Read and understand complex texts for practical purposes (EL) (AME)

5

WRITE

28072

Write formal texts for practical purposes (EL) (AME)

5

Assessment completion of all four above standards

TOPIC 3

LISTEN

28055

Demonstrate understanding of complex spoken instructions (EL))

5

SPEAK

28066

Negotiate a complex spoken exchange (EL) (AME)

5

READ

28061

Read and demonstrate understanding of a range of extended written texts independently (EL)

5

WRITE

22749

Write texts under test conditions in English for academic purposes (mandatory for academic clarifier)